Original Cast Album: Company(1970)

movie - first aired/released 1970-10-28 - 53 min - audience 7.2

Documentary, Music

Directed by D. A. Pennebaker

In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition: the making of the original cast album. What ensued was a marathon session in which all involved pushed themselves to the limit.